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Klamath River goes to Omaha
Press Release - 5/1/09
KRK joins suit to stop harmful hobby mining on the Klamath
KRK Press Release - 3/24/09
Hobby miners attack Karuk dipnet fishery
Karuk Tribe Press Release - 3/3/09
Water Board holds PacifiCorp to 401 permit process
Eureka Times-Standard - 2/24/09
Klamath dam removal deal needs more work
KRK Op-Ed in Eureka Times Standard - 2/14/09
Releasing the Klamath: New Studies Estimate River Will Rebound Quickly
Eureka Times-Standard 1/29/08
Read the reports
Reuniting a River
National Geographic 11/17/08
Peace on the Klamath
High Country News - 6/23/08
Klamath citizens travel to Water Board to talk dam removal
KRK Press Release - 2/15/09
KRK letter to Water Board for AIP progress report meeting - 2/17/09
List of AIP demands - 2/09
Waters still turbulent in Klamath dams deal
Eureka Times-Standard - 2/17/09
Dam removal funding bill passes Oregon Senate
KRK in Siskiyou Daily News - 2/28/09
The Oregonian - 2/17/09
KRK Press Release - 2/17/09
Cal Audubon: Dam Removal Agreement Presents Opportunity for Wildlife Refuges
California Audubon 11/13/08
CalTrout Releases Report on California's Endangered Fish
CalTrout 11/18/08
Dike Breaching Aids Endangered Sucker Habitat
San Diego Union Tribune 11/18/08
NOAA Bi-Op Recommends Buffers to Protect Salmon from Pesticides
NOAA Fisheries - 11/19/08
Pact Unveiled That Would Remove Klamath River Dams
Klamath Riverkeeper Press Release
KDRV News Video
Associated Press - 11/13/08
New York Times
San Francisco Chronicle
Siskiyou Daily News
Klamath Falls Herald and News
Editorials on Dam Removal Agreement
Agreement Signals Major Progress In Dam Fight Eureka Times-Standard 11/19/08
Is Schwartzenegger Trading Klamath Dams for Delta Destruction? Independent Media - 11/15/08
Dam Removal Off-Ramps Ahead Eureka Times-Standard - 11/15/08
Settlement Has Long Way To Go Before Dams are Gone Klamath Falls Herald and News - 11/16/08
Hurdles Remain for Dam Removal Klamath Falls Herald and News - 11/16/08
This Dam Deal Will Cost You Albany Democrat Herald - 11/14/08
Agreement Proves Opponents Can Compromise The Columbian - 11/17/08
And Now the Work Begins Eureka Times-Standard - 11/19/08
Water Regulators get an earful on Klamath
Eureka Times-Standard 10/21/08
Daily Triplicate 10/23/08
PacifiCorp Takes Hit From Regulators
Eureka Times-Standard - 10/2/08
Official Cal Water Board announcement - 9/30/08
USFWS: Fish kills a common occurrence on Klamath
Siskiyou Daily News - 9/26/08
Klamath dam protesters rally in Portland
The Oregonian - 9/18/08
IndyMedia - 9/18/08
PDX IndyMedia -9/18/08
Cal Water Board to PacifiCorp: Resubmit Water Quality App. by Sept 30th
Read the official letter
Background Info
PacifiCorp withdraws clean water permit, halts public process
Press Release - 7/14/08
Water Board letter of withdrawal
Peace on the Klamath
High Country News - 6/23/08
Gold mining threatens fisheries
Eureka Times Standard - 6/19/08
Eureka Reporter - 6/19/08
Judge tells regulators to reconsider toxic algae
Press Release
KGW.com - 6/17/08
Redding Record-Searchlight - 6/18/08
Top Scientists endorse Restoration Agreement - 5/14/08
Press Release | Eureka Times-Standard | Science Reviews
Learn more about the "Klamath Settlement..."
Tribes and Fishermen tell Warren Buffett to Un-Dam the Klamath!
Press Release - 5/2/08
Daily Triplicate | Indepedent Media | Associated Press
Berkshire Shareholders for dam removal
Report shows algae toxins bioaccumulating in Klamath fish and mussels - 4/12/08
Read the report | Public Health factsheet
Los Angeles Times | Independent Media | Eureka Reporter
Riverkeeper court win forces EPA to list pollution from PacifiCorp's Klamath dams!
Press Release - 3/20/08
Oregonian | Los Angeles Times
US EPA - Official Statement
Montague water contains toxic compound
Siskiyou Daily News - 7/30/08
Water in Lake Ewauna isn't worse than normal this summer
Klamath Falls Herald and News - 8/2/08
Warren Buffett, Salmon Killer
Counterpunch - 8/1/08
Chumash activists hold a Malibu event to save Klamath River
Malibu Surfside News - 7/30/08
ODFW approves Upper Basin salmon reintroduction plan
The Oregonian - 7/17
The Draft Plan
Yreka Creek sewage spill
Siskiyou Daily News - 7/2/08
Water Board report - 7/3/08
Project will assess fish habitat in Yreka Creek
Siskiyou Daily News - 7/31/08
Oregon dam removal provides new info
KGW.com - 8/3/08
How Karl Rove’s Plan to Kill Salmon Led to a GOP Senator’s Reelection
The Public Record - 8/5/08
Study suggests Upper Klamath Lake can support juvenile salmon
USGS Press Release
The study
Dreaming of BBQ salmon?
San Jose Mercury News - 7/1/08
Pacific Power casts shadow over Oregon's solar boom
Medford Mail Tribune - 6/18/08
Willamette Week - 6/11/08 | 6/23/08
NOAA Bi-Op recommends more water for coho
Capital Press - 6/23/08
Feds and PacifiCorp in talks over Klamath dams
Oregonian - 6/11/08
ODFW drafts plan to reintroduce salmon to Upper Klamath
ODFW Press Release 4/17/08 | ODFW Draft plan
Battling Upstream: Tribes know that as the river goes, so go the salmon
San Francisco Chronicle - 4/13/08
The Sandy River Returns! Sediment flushes naturally after Marmot Dam removal
The Columbian - 1/31/08
Cutbacks, low morale cast haze over Oregon DEQ
The Oregonian - 2/10/08
Let Politics Ride the Bus!
ACLU Sues Tri-Met Over Blocked Salmon Ad
Oregonian - 2/26/08
Willamette Week - 2/21/08
PacifiCorp Spins Dam Removal in the Oregonian
Oregonian Op Ed - 12/20/07
Klamath Riverkeeper Responds
Portland Independent Media - 12/27/07
Legal Problems Multiply for Pacificorp at Klamath Dams
KRK Press Release - 12/5/07
The Oregonian - 12/6/07
Bringing Closure to the Klamath Conflict
Oregonian Op Ed - 12/21/07
Negotiating the Klamath
Oregonian Feature - 12/10/07
Report Says Klamath Fish Need More Water
Los Angeles Times - 12/1/07
Science Daily - 12/4/07
TOXIC ALGAE
Toxic algae moves from Pacificorp reservoirs into Klamath River
Bay Area Independent Media
CNNMoney.com
Lawmakers briefed on Klamath Dams as river turns green from toxins
Klamath Riverkeeper Press Release - 9/27/07
Reservoir and hatchery are toxic, not recreational hotspots
Klamath Riverkeeper Responds to Medford Mail Tribune - 9/02/07
KLAMATH DAMS
Klamath Dam Opponents Appeal to Ratepayers
Regina Chichizola on Jefferson Public Radio
The Oregonian - 11/14/07
Riverkeeper Press Release - 11/13/07
What the FERC?!
North Coast Journal -12/1/07
FERC Ignores Salmon Mandates, Recommends Keeping Costly Klamath Dams
Los Angeles Times - 11/17/07
TradingMarkets.Com - 11/18/07
Bay Area Independent Media - 11/19/07
California Energy Commission recommends Klamath Dam removal
Seattle Times
Hemscott Investor Research
FERC Ignores Salmon Mandates, Recommends Keeping Costly Klamath Dams
Los Angeles Times - 11/17/07
TradingMarkets.Com - 11/18/07
Bay Area Independent Media - 11/19/07
Klamath Dam Opponents Appeal to Ratepayers
Regina Chichizola on Jefferson Public Radio
The Oregonian - 11/14/07
Riverkeeper Press Release - 11/13/07
Targeting a billionaire's dams:
An unlikely coalition wants Warren Buffett to restore the Klamath River's salmon fishery
Chico New & Review feature - 9/27/07
The Klamath Dams by the Numbers
High Country News - 4/3/07
Hydropower doesn't count as clean energy
Earth Island Journal - 10/5/07
Dear Gov. Schwartzenegger- from Siskiyou County Supervisors
KlamathBasinCrisis - 9/18/07
2002 FISH KILL
What's a river for? How the Klamath River became the first casualty in the West's new water wars
Mother Jones Magazine - May/June 2003
Bureau of Reclamation claims Klamath Project endangers protected fish
Contra Costa Times
Levee blasts signal a truce in water wars
The Oregonian
Redefining the Project: Is sustainability the new zeitgeist in the Klamath Basin?
North Coast Journal feature - September 2, 2007
SCOTT & SHASTA RIVERS
Phase 1 Completed on Araujo Dam
Siskiyou Daily News- 12/10/07
Scott River Groundwater Study Plan Presents Options
Siskiyou Daily News- 12/5/07
TRINITY RIVER
Trinity River deserves money to back promises
Redding Record Searchlight - 9/22/07
Hoopa Tribe Testifies in Congress
Bay Area Independent Media - 9/21/07
Trinity River restoration supporters go before Congress
Eureka Reporter - 9/19/07
WATER RIGHTS
Fluid Values: Battles over Water Rights
Orion Magazine
KLAMATH WATER QUALITY
Watchdog? No, the Oregon DEQ is a lapdog
The Oregonian - 9/09/07
Protect all Waters - Restore the Clean Water Act
New Jersey Times - 9/19/07